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The Col Ballroom was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1998, and it was inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association hall of fame in 1999. [4] The venue is slated to close as a ballroom and performance venue on October 29, 2018.
The Redstone Building, home of the River Music Experience. The Redstone Building was originally the longtime home of the Petersen Harned Von Maur flagship store [1]. Common Chord formally known as the River Music Experience is a multi-use music facility and 501(c)3 non-profit organization located on the first two floors of the historic Redstone Building in downtown Davenport, Iowa.
The festival began in 1971 when Bill Donahoe's Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Band traveled to Davenport, Iowa to play music at Bix's grave on the 40th anniversary of his death. [ 1 ] 2021's Fest will mark the 50th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, making it the second longest running jazz fest in the United States behind only the ...
Designed by Davenport architect Rudolph J. Clausen in 1923 for the Davenport Democrat. It also housed The Catholic Messenger for a time before becoming commercial space. The building is considered significant because of its association with newspapers in Davenport, and as an example of the local influence of Louis Sullivan, whose work figures ...
RiverCenter is a convention center located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is made up of two buildings sited on the north and south sides of East Third Street connected by a skywalk . The Adler Theatre is connected to the original section of the convention center on the north side of the complex.
It is based across the river from Davenport in Rock Island, Illinois. In 1929 Royal Neighbors passed a resolution to establish a facility that would provide a home for mothers and other women in their organization who were in need of assistance. They bought 40 acres (16 ha) of land along Rockingham Road in Davenport's west end in February 1930. [3]
Central High School, or Davenport Central High School, is a public four-year comprehensive high school located in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The building opened in 1907 as "Davenport High School," and is now one of three public high schools in the Davenport Community School District .
WLLR-FM (103.7 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, United States, whose format is modern country music. The station broadcasts at a power of 100 kW. WLLR is owned by iHeartMedia, with studios located in Davenport. Its transmitter site is located in Bettendorf. [2]